Would you support the Kountze signs if they quoted another religion’s sacred texts?

The controversy in Kountze over faith-based signs at school events involves two things nobody messes with in Texas — football and religion. The battle pits students’ freedom of speech to express their beliefs in God on signs at football games against the school’s inability to support Christian messages that treat nonbelievers as outsiders. The Kountze school district banned high school cheerleaders this week from using signs painted with scriptures. In turn, the parents of the cheerleaders sued the school district for discriminating against the girls’ rights. For now at least, a temporary restraining order allows the Kountze cheerleaders to use the faith-based banners. Would you support students who wanted to use banners with quotes from the Qu’ran, Torah or Book of Mormon at games?

Would you support the Kountze signs if they quoted another religion’s sacred texts?

Yes. I support every student’s right to express their religious beliefs.

No. I’d rather the signs go back to “Cage the Bears” or “Claw the Tigers.”

Whatever happened to not talking about religion or politics amongst friends?